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LCI(L)-444

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-444, 15 August 1943

During World War II LCI(L)-444 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater,. LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Bismarck Archipelago operation Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
Western New Guinea operations Noemfoor operation, 2 to 3 July 1944 Morotai Island landings, 15 September 1944	.

Following World War II LCI(L)-444 was assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier

Decommissioned, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 3 December 1946

LCI(L)-444 earned three battle stars for service in WWII

Specifications:
Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 t.(loaded);
Length 158' 5½";
Beam 23' 3";
Draft, Light 3'1½" mean, Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft, Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft;
Speed 16 kts (max.), 14 kts maximum continuous;
Complement 4 officers, 24 enlisted
Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted;
Cargo Capacity 75 tons;
Armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house;
Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel;
Armament five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse, on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.;
Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	110k	*LCI(L)-444* beached at Trinity Beach, Queensland, Australia, 9 November 1944, while Australian troops of 2/1 Pioneer Battalion practice embarkation on landing craft prior to carrying out exercise "Octopus." In the background is an unidentified LCI(L) also taking part in the exercise.		Australian War Memorial
	18k	*LCI(L)-444* crew photo taken in Lae, New Guinea, 1944. Photo courtesy of Verlin Creed. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item," June 2006 issue.		Ardie Hunt

View the history of LCI Flotilla 22

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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